The future of 12 London fire stations, among them stations in Hackney, Whitechapel and New Cross, has been thrown into further uncertainty after the London Fire Authority voted, on Monday, against Boris Johnson’s order for a public consultation on plans to close them. In January this year, the London Assembly…

A leisure firm has admitted breaching health and safety laws following the drowning of seven-year-old Michelle Gellard in one of their pools. Michelle, from the Isle of Dogs, was pulled unconscious from the pool at Blackwater Leisure Centre in Maldon, Essex on June 14 2008.…

If you have walked down the ramp at the back of Kingsland shopping centre in Dalston, you have probably seen a man soulfully singing while strumming his guitar. And if you have walked there on more than a few occasions you probably know the man by name – Mike…

167 pupils, 150 schools and 42 councils, including Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Lewisham, have served legal papers on the exam regulator Ofqual and exam boards AQA and Edexcel, arguing for a re-grading of the GCSE English paper sat in the summer. The alliance also consists of six professional bodies, including…

EastLondonLines was at the TUC anti-cuts demonstration on Saturday and we thought you would all like to see some more photographs from the event. If you have any you would like to contribute to our gallery tweet them to us at @eastlondonlines. …